nounEtymology: Afrikaans, from Middle Dutch utelander foreigner, from utelant foreign territory, from ute out + lant landDate: 1892foreigner; especially a British resident in the former republics of the Transvaal and Orange Free State

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Uitlander — Uitlander, Afrikaans for outlander , was the name given to foreign migrant workers during the initial exploitation of the Witwatersrand gold fields in the Transvaal. Boer War These vast gold fields were discovered in 1886, within ten years the… … Wikipedia

uitlander — [ëit′län΄dər; ] E [ oit′lan΄dər, āt′lan΄dər, īt′lan΄dər] n. [Afrik &LT; Du uit, out (for IE base see OUT) + land, land] in South Africa, a foreigner; specif., in the Transvaal, one who is not a Boer … English World dictionary